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Kind Snacks to test paper wrappers
The packaging will be available on its best-selling Dark Chocolate Nuts & Sea Salt single bars at select Whole Foods Market stores this summer.
By Christopher Doering • May 1, 2025 -
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Snacking takes a hit as consumer spending shifts to food staples
PepsiCo, Mondelēz and Campbell’s are among the companies noting a slowdown in chips, cookies and other treats as shoppers prioritize essentials such as meats and eggs.
By Christopher Doering • April 30, 2025 -
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The food and beverage industry is changing rapidly and the actions companies take this year are likely to play a major role in defining their future.
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A ‘new chapter’ for Chips Ahoy!: How Mondelēz is innovating the iconic cookie brand
The food giant is bringing the $1 billion-plus treat deeper into other snacking categories such as cakes and pastries.
By Christopher Doering • April 29, 2025 -
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Frugalpac paper wine bottles roll out in US with Target debut
Collective Good wines will be packaged in the fiber-based bottles via a collaboration between Latitude Wines and Monterey Wine Co.
By Katie Pyzyk • April 25, 2025 -
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PepsiCo CEO says snacks maker ‘accelerating’ transition to natural ingredients
The comment comes after HHS head Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he wants food companies to voluntarily remove or replace artificial colors before 2027.
By Christopher Doering • April 24, 2025 -
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Mondelēz reports challenges in lowering virgin plastic
The snack foods manufacturer detailed gaps between its 2024 plastic trends and its 2025 targets in an annual report.
By Maria Rachal • April 23, 2025 -
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Chobani to spend $1.2B on New York dairy processing plant
The 1.4 million-square-foot factory, which will create more than 1,000 jobs, is the largest facility investment in the yogurt giant’s history.
By Christopher Doering • April 22, 2025 -
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From overlooked to beverage juggernaut: Inside Campbell’s transformation of V8
The CPG manufacturer wants to grow the product into a $1 billion hydration brand by building its presence in everything from energy to cocktails.
By Christopher Doering • April 21, 2025 -
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General Mills projects plastics decreases as product portfolio changes
Availability of food-grade PCR has remained a sticking point, the company suggested. However, it expects the divestiture of its North American yogurt business to decrease its use of flexible and rigid plastics going forward.
By Maria Rachal • April 17, 2025 -
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PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz face off with shareholder activists on sustainable packaging
CPGs and foodservice companies are feeling the pressure to provide more accountability about their flexible packaging, reusables and recycling labels.
By Cole Rosengren • April 16, 2025 -
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Post to shutter 2 cereal plants, cut 300 jobs
The facilities in Ontario and Nevada are expected to close by the end of the year.
By Christopher Doering • April 9, 2025 -
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Knorr mini meals generating big business for Unilever in the US
As consumers move away from three large meals a day, it’s creating a growth opportunity for a brand best known for side dishes and bouillon.
By Christopher Doering • April 9, 2025 -
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By Sara VanWinkle • April 7, 2025 -
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Beer, aluminum can imports subject to 25% tariffs
Industry analysts anticipate the new beer and can tariffs will strike a hard blow to Constellation, who imports all of its beer from Mexico.
By Katie Pyzyk • April 3, 2025 -
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Trump unveils sweeping tariffs, sparking further turmoil in food
A 10% duty on imports and reciprocal levies on 60 countries will raise consumer costs and “unintentionally harm iconic American manufacturers,” according to the Consumer Brands Association.
By Philip Neuffer • April 3, 2025 -
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Q&ADanone’s CMO on adapting advertising as GLP-1 upends the food industry
Linda Bethea details how the marketer of brands including Oikos and Silk is approaching artificial intelligence and emerging channels like Pinterest.
By Chris Kelly • April 2, 2025 -
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Coca-Cola’s plastic will surpass 9 billion pounds by end of decade: report
The beverage giant, which recently pared back some packaging goals, is facing criticism from green groups concerned about its environmental commitments.
By Chris Casey • March 28, 2025 -
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McCormick working with industry to reformulate more products as efforts to ban synthetic food dyes intensifies
CEO Brendan Foley noted “a tick-up” in activity as RFK Jr. and the Trump administration increase pressure on food manufacturers to improve the healthiness of their offerings.
By Christopher Doering • Updated March 28, 2025 -
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Michelle Obama’s Plezi Nutrition introduces healthier sports drink
The company is partnering with NBA star Stephen Curry on the beverage, which has less sugar and sodium as well as more potassium compared to Gatorade.
By Christopher Doering • March 26, 2025 -
Courtesy of Flowers Foods
Wonder moves beyond bread with the launch of snack cakes
Flowers Foods said the new line of donuts, honey buns, cupcakes and cinnamon rolls is its first major extension in the brand’s 104-year-old history.
By Christopher Doering • March 25, 2025 -
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OpinionHow frozen foods can help fight climate change
Almost a third of food in the U.S. goes to waste, requiring more solutions to preserve shelf life.
By Stacey Snelling • March 25, 2025 -
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Trump admin delays traceability rule to contain foodborne illness outbreaks
The 30-month pause comes as major companies have grappled with E. Coli and listeria contamination within their supply chains.
By Sarah Zimmerman • March 24, 2025 -
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Metal tariffs could upend canned food production
The Can Manufacturers Institute highlighted that there are only three domestic tin mill lines still open today in the U.S.
By Maria Rachal • March 18, 2025 -
Courtesy of Danone
Q&AHow Danone’s yogurt taps into consumer demand for ‘benefit stacking’
Rafael Acevedo, president of yogurt at Danone North America, discusses why the CPG giant’s focus on protein, gut health and low sugar is resonating with shoppers.
By Christopher Doering • March 18, 2025 -
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